Jenner's Vaccine: How Curing Smallpox Made Wars Deadlier
Georgian Britain

Jenner's Vaccine: How Curing Smallpox Made Wars Deadlier

A country doctor in 1796 discovered the one thing that terrified both sides of every war.

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Georgian BritainMedical HistoryMilitary HistoryScientific RevolutionNapoleonic WarsVaccinationWarfarePublic Health18th CenturyEdward JennerUnintended ConsequencesDisease And War

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